J-S Letter: We're going to fight for the residents one more time

The Stephenson County Tea Party had a last-minute meeting to decide if we are going to resume. The big question is “Do we fight the establishment that has created this disaster” or say “Let it go default, and the sooner the better so we can start over?” I guess we are going to fight one more time.

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By Special to The Journal-Standard

Posted Dec. 20, 2013 at 9:00 AM

By Special to The Journal-Standard

Posted Dec. 20, 2013 at 9:00 AM

The Stephenson County Tea Party had a last-minute meeting to decide if we are going to resume. The big question is "Do we fight the establishment that has created this disaster" or say "Let it go default, and the sooner the better so we can start over?" I guess we are going to fight one more time.

The Democrats and RINOs (Republican in name only) only seem to care about their pensions and their Siamese twin, aka the public unions. Ask your leaders how many government pensions they get or are going to get! Now where is the transparency?

Only the Tea Party seems to care about the young people. We are the only ones trying to take our country, state, and county and give them back to the taxpayers by limiting government expansion, restrictions, and taxes on businesses that pay all the taxes.

Now Freeport is looking at another 1 percent sales tax increase. I am sure Monroe, Wisconsin, hopes it passes, as their sales tax is only 5.5 percent versus Freeport's 8 to 9.25 percent before the increase. The Tea Party supports business.

So where is your support? Without private business expansion, then the government has only one choice: to tax businesses, their employees, and their customers more.

The Stephenson County Tea Party will have a public meeting with U.S. Republican congressional candidate, Eric Reyes, who will be running against Bobby Schilling for the Illinois 17th District in the March primary. The Tea Party meeting will be January 21. The place will be announced.